weighed on both papers, including forcing the Press to cut back to weekly publication in January 1927 from its expanded six-day production schedule. The Press was bought out by the Schumann group and the first edition of the weekly Vero Beach Press Journal was published in May 1927. During the 1970s, the newspaper changed from an afternoon to a morning edition and gradually added publication days until it became a daily in 1982. At the time of its sale to Scripps in 1997, it was the last daily newspaper in Florida wholly owned by a family. References External links Newspapers published in Florida Gannett publications Treasure Coast